He seems very right footed to me, and from what I have seen of him, operates primarily from the left wing.
It infuriated me when Moyes would stick Andy van der Meyde on the left flank when he was far more potent on the right swinging first time balls in. Total waste in my opinion and I think it would infuriate me just as much to see this lad on the left.
I'd keep Pienaar and Baines there and put Elia on the right so we have an outlet. Pienaar is different in that he quite often goes right to the corner flag on the left despite being right footed. Van der Meyde would quite often run there, then jink back onto his right foot.
We could quite easily switch Elia and Pienaar depending on which side of the pitch was getting stretched the most, then exploit the opposition with Elia's pace on the break a la Aston Villa and Ashley Young, something we don't have the luxury of doing at the moment.
Did anyone see Darijo Srna last night for Shakhtar? Could he be a candidate for our right-wing position? He certainly has the workrate.
